64-bit World of Warcraft game client now available for testing

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

1-09-2012 @ 2:22PM

Buran said...

The difference that will be most noticeable is that a 64-bit application has 4GB of memory to work with, up from 2 on a 32-bit application. You will see fewer crashes due to OUT OF MEMORY errors that occur due to the application not releasing memory when it should and hitting the 2GB limit.

A 32-bit OS can't see more than 4GB of RAM; a 64-bit version of Windows has a much higher memory ceiling depending on what OS you have. (Windows 7's ceilings are measured in the hundreds or thousands of gigabytes).

With applications ever more hungry for resources (disk space, processor power, graphics rendering power, and memory, 32-bit apps and operating systems are increasingly going away. Within five years, I think seeing an application ship only as a 32-bit app will be considered strange, and installers will install 64-bit applications if they detect a compatible system.

Add your comments

Your comments:

Remember me

E-Mail me when someone replies to this comment

Please keep your comments relevant to this blog entry. Email addresses are never displayed, but they are required to confirm your comments.

When you enter your name and email address, you'll be sent a link to confirm your comment, and a password. To leave another comment, just use that password.

To create a live link, simply type the URL (including http://) or email address and we will make it a live link for you. You can put up to 3 URLs in your comments. Line breaks and paragraphs are automatically converted — no need to use <p> or <br /> tags.